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S. 2859 119th Congress Senate

Equal Campus Access Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups.

Introduced: September 18, 2025 Introduced by: James Lankford Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingHigher educationReligionSchool administration
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Sep 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734)
Sep 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now March 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Equal Campus Access Act of 2025

This bill prohibits funding made available under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from being provided to any public institution of higher education (IHE) that denies certain campus rights to religious student organizations.

Specifically, the bill prohibits a public IHE from receiving these funds if it denies a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the IHE because of the religious student organization's beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct.

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 Bill text 1 version

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2859: Equal Campus Access Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2859/
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